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Update on GM rice judicial review

Thursday 22 February 2007

Friends of the Earth brought a Judicial Review challenge against the Food Standards Agency regarding the application of EU law in handling the issue of contamination of US long grain rice with an unauthorised genetically modified rice. The hearing took place on Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 February and judgement was given this afternoon.

The FSA vigorously defended the challenge on the basis that the UK complied fully with its obligations under EU law. The review found in favour of the FSA. The Agency is pleased with this judgement and will reflect on the judge's comments and issue a more detailed statement in due course.

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Agency survey of US long grain rice for unauthorised GM material Read the 16 November 2006 story EFSA opinion on the safety of GM rice Read the 15 September 2006 story GM rice incident review Read the 5 November 2007 story Illegal GM rice update: 5 October 2006 Legal challenge on GM rice Read the 6 November 2006 story Testing to be carried out for illegal GM rice Read the 1 September 2006 story Update on illegal GM rice: 26 October 2006

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